Kale Township is a township in

Kale District Kale District (also called Kalemyo District) is the westernmost district in Sagaing Division of Myanmar (Burma). Townships Its administrative center is the city of Kalay (Kalaymyo). The district consists of three townships; * Kale Township ...

in the

Sagaing Division Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon ...

Burma (Myanmar) Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. The principal town is

Kalay Kalay ( my, ကလေး), also known as Kale, is a town in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar. It is located upstream from Mandalay and Monywa on the Myittha River, a tributary of the Chindwin River. The town is the district headquarters of the Kalay ...

."Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map"
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)

Geography and borders

Kale Township runs north–south along the Kale Valley in which lie the south flowing Neyinzaya River and the north flowing Myittha River which meet near the administrative seat of Kalemyo and flow east toward the

Chindwin River , , image = Homalin aerial.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = The Chindwin at Homalin. The smaller, meandering Uyu River can be seen joining the Chindwin. , map = Irrawaddyrivermap.jpg , map_size = , map_alt = , map_caption ...

. It is bounded approximately within coordinates of 22° 36´ and 23° 38´ north latitudes and between 93° 58´ and 94° 16´ east longitudes. On the west it is bounded by the foothills of the

Chin Hills The Chin Hills are a range of mountains in Chin State, northwestern Burma, Burma (Myanmar), that extends northward into India's Manipur state. Geography The highest peak in the Chin Hills is Khonu Msung, or Mount Victoria, in southern Chin State ...

and on the east by the Mwegyi Mountain Range."1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, Mawlaik, Burma; India, NF 46-3"
U.S. Army Map Service, March 1960 The area of the township is . Kale Township is surrounded by the townships of: *

Tonzang Tonzang(တွန်းဇန်) is a town, located in northern Chin State, western side of Myanmar. Tonzang is at about 37 miles north-eastern of Tedim town. The people who live in Tonzang are called Zo and Zomi. They speak Zo, Zomi and Burmese ...

Chin State Chin State (, ) is a state in western Myanmar. The Chin State is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, Bangladesh to the south-west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to the west and Manipur t ...

and

Mawlaik Mawlaik ( my, မော်လိုက် ; shn, မေႃႇလဵၵ်) is a town in Mawlaik District, Sagaing Region in north-west Myanmar, along the Chindwin River. Etymology " Mawlaik" derives from the Shan language The Shan language ...

to the north; *

Kalewa Kalewa is a town at the confluence of the Chindwin River and the Myittha River in Kale District, Sagaing Region of north-western Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Kalewa Township. Climate Kalewa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen ...

and

Mingin Mingin may refer to: *Mingin Township, a township of Kale District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar **Mingin, Myanmar, its principal town and administrative seat *Mingin people, an Aboriginal people of Queensland, Australia **Mingin language or Minkin, an ...

on the east; *

Gangaw Gangaw ( my, ဂန့်ဂေါမြို့, ) is a town of Gangaw Township in Gangaw District in the Magway Division in Myanmar. Gangaw is also known as the City of Yaw, a certain region in Myanmar including Gangaw (), Tilin (), Saw () an ...

to the south; and *

Hakha Hakha (, ; formerly rendered Haka) is the capital of Chin State in Myanmar. Hakha is located in the northeast of Chin State, with a total area of about . The city of Hakha is more than above sea level, founded on a small highland plateau. Althou ...

Falam Falam (, ) is a town in north-western Burma (Myanmar) near Burma's western border with the Indian state of Mizoram. The town was founded by Taisun tribe. The British arrived to Falam in 1892, and became an important base for British rule of the ...

Tiddim Tedim (, , ( Zo: ''Tedim Khawpi'', pronounced ; is a town in and the administrative seat of Tedim Township, Chin State, in the north-western part of Burma. It is the second largest town in Chin State. The town's four major boroughs (''vengte'') ...

and Tonzang of Chin State to the west.

Towns and villages

Bogon,

Bogyi Bogyi is a village in Kale Township, Kale District, in the Sagaing Region of western Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although ...

Chaunggyauk Chaunggyauk is a village in Kale Township, Kale District, in the Sagaing Region of western Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English al ...

, Chaunggyin,

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Hmunlai Humunlai is a village within Kale Township, Sagaing Region, Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British Englis ...

Hnawgon Hnawgon is a village in Kale Township, Kale District, in the Sagaing Region of western Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English althou ...

, Honnaing, Hpaungzeik, Htoma Myauk, Inbaung, Indainggale, Indainggyi, Indin, Ingyaw, Ingyun, Insein, Inthe,

Kalemyo Kalay ( my, ကလေး), also known as Kale, is a town in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar. It is located upstream from Mandalay and Monywa on the Myittha River, a tributary of the Chindwin River. The town is the district headquarters of the Ka ...

, Kanbale, Kangyi,

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, Kinmungyon, Kokko, Kondo, Kyaukka,

Kyaukpyok Kyaukpyok is a village in Kale Township, Kale District, in the Sagaing Region of western Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English altho ...

, Kyawywa, Kyetpanet, Kyigon, Lamaing, Legyi,

Manda Manda may refer to: Places * Kafr Manda, Arab town in the Lower Galilee * Manda Upazila, an upazila in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh * Manda, Kale, a village in Burma * Manda, Guinea, a town in the Labé Region * Manda, Jammu, India, ...

, Myogyigon, Myohla, Nanhannwe, Nankyisaung, Nansaungpu, Nanzalu, Natchaung, Nat-in, Natkyigon, Natmyaung, Natnan, Ngapa,

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, Okkan, Palata Sakan, Pinlon,

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, Sanmyo, Segyi, Shabo, Sibin, Sihaung Ashe, Sihaung Myauk, Sihaung Taung, Sinywa, Siyin, Htauk Kyant, Taung-u, Thayagon, Thayettaw, Thazi, Thekondan,

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Uyin Uyin is a village in Kale Township, Kale District, in the Sagaing Region of western Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although ...

, Yenatha, Yeshin, Zingalaing.Kyarinn. Kyun Chaung

References

External links

"Kale Google Satellite Map"
Maplandia World Gazetteer
"Sagaing Division (Lower), Myanmar"
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), map Id: MIMU270v01, creation date: 5 Aug 2010 — map showing the township boundaries {{ Sagaing Division Townships of Sagaing Region Kale District